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Clasp-like sheet metal nut

US5026235A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1990
Grant dateJun 25, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B37/02
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clasp-like sheet metal nut for automatic fitting onto a support plate comprising a threaded leg, which has a thread profile, and a clasp leg, which is connected to said threaded leg via a cross-piece and is provided with a screw through-hole, the two legs running at an angle toward each other in the direction of their free ends and the free end of the threaded leg having an insertion plate protruding obliquely away from the clasp leg, wherein laterally outward-protruding guide fins are formed on one of the two legs.

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